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Facebook F8 2018: What Marketers Need to Know Ahead of Facebook’s Annual Conference

Buffer Social

F8, Facebook’s annual developer conference, returns this week (May 1 and 2) in San Jose, CA at the McEnery Convention Center. So what’s ahead for this year’s conference? We’ll be sharing all of the most important Facebook F8 updates once the conference is completed, check back on Thursday for the full roundup.

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Facebook Groups: Privacy Bait and Switch?

Almost Savvy

Not only have I heard and seen a zillion blog posts and news reports about the latest Facebook changes in the hours following the press conference, many of the posts were even published during the press conference – all indicative of the frenzy to cover all things Facebook. Or so it seems.

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The Complete Guide to Facebook Groups: How to Create a Group, Build a Community and Increase Your Organic Reach

Buffer Social

Facebook has recently launched Groups for Pages, enabling the 70 million+ Pages on Facebook to create their own unique communities and feeds. Facebook Groups are the place to connect with other like-minded people and are becoming increasingly important for brands and businesses aiming to cultivate a community. Let’s get started!

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Meta's Launching Sassy Chatbots, Instagram Creates AI Stickers, And Twitter Axes Misinformation Reports: Monday Social Media News Roundup

Buffer Social

Meta + Facebook This was a particularly update-heavy week for Meta & Associates, as they held their Meta Connect 2023 conference and unveiled several updates aimed at enhancing user engagement and streamlining content sharing. Get the need-to-know highlights from the social media industry that happened the week of September 25-28.

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Facial Recognition, Privacy and Social Media

Laurel Papworth

This is what I was talking about in this post on privacy and facebook facial tagging and recognition -. One of the conference speakers @AlexKilpatrick talked about small and large audiences. I’m live blogging from the Augmented Reality Event conference in Santa Clara the Viewdle application so that’s all for now folks!

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Big data: seeing the forest and the trees

Sherrilynne Starkie

You can see the forest and the trees in big data, according to Nora Young , the Canadian author and the host of CBC Radio One’s Spark, in her opening keynote at last week’s Fireworks Factory conference held on Galiano Island, British Columbia. English: CBC Radio personality Nora Young at the Northern Voice 2009 conference in Vancouver, B.C.,

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Strategy Note: Facebook F8 2019

Ignite Social Media

This week, Facebook held its annual developers conference to announce the road map for their suite of products and platforms. The focus of the F8 announcements supported this statement and how Facebook is building a more privacy-focused social platform. With this direction, there was an emphasis on Groups, Messenger, and WhatsApp.

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